Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص's Blog – July 2016 Archive (29)

Our 4th annual cleanup event at this mosque. Volunteers of all ages are encouraged to come and help beautify the masjid, inside and out!

Masjid Beautification Day (MBD) aims to become a National Day of Community Service for Muslims in the USA. This year's FOURTH ANNUAL EVENT is Saturday, July 30, 2016, and sign in begins at 8:30 am. MBD (modeled after Georgia…

On August 6, 2016, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Living Memorial Project will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historic 1966 march through Chicago’s Marquette Park. Recalling the larger legacy of the march – and remembering the struggle for justice and equity – is more urgent now than ever in our city, across our nation and around the world.…

Waliakbar Muhammad (Emerson Wayne Brandon) was born in Washington, DC, the grandson of former slaves and the ninth of ten siblings. He grew up in an artistic and enterprising family, attended segregated schools until the fall of 1954. It was right after the Brown v. Board of Education decision by the U.S. Supreme Court he…

The culmination of a lengthy legal battle to overcome an unwarranted label of “terrorist” drew to a conclusion ironically enough, just a week before the anniversary of this nation’s largest catastrophic security breach and terrorist attack, (9-11). The Department of…

Dear Community The Muslim Journal is the lifeline of our evolving community that keeps us connected; recognizing Islam as a Promoter of Freedom, Justice and Equality. I feel privileged to have my story included in this most prestigious and respected publication. …

Dawud Walid is currently the Executive Director of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), which is a chapter of America’s largest advocacy and civil liberties… [more]